The Woman on the Stairs
$34.81
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
11 September 2017
Summary
The Woman on the Stairs: A Novel of Art, Love, and Haunting Regrets
For decades, the painting was believed lost.
Just as mysteriously as it disappeared, it reappears, an anonymous donation to a gallery in Sydney. The art world is stunned, as are the three men who loved the woman in the painting, the woman on the stairs.
One by one, they track her down to an isolated cottage in Australia. Here, they must try to untangle the lies and betrayals of their shared past - bu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474601009 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474601006 |
| Author: | Prof Bernhard Schlink, Bernhard Schlink |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 11 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 30mm |
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For generations to come, people will be reading and marveling over Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader - Evening Standard
A sensitive, daring, deeply moving book about the tragic results of fear and the redemptive power of understanding. - Ruth RendellLeaps national boundaries and speaks straight to the heart… a moving, suggestive and ultimately hopeful work. - New York TimesAs compelling as any thriller - The Times on The ReaderAbout The Author
Prof Bernhard Schlink
BERNHARD SCHLINK was born in Germany in 1944. A professor emeritus of law at Humboldt University, Berlin, and Cardozo Law School, New York, he is the author of the internationally bestselling novels The Reader, which became an Oscar-winning film starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes, and The Woman on the Stairs. His latest novel, Olga, was a no.1 international bestseller. He lives in Berlin and New York.
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